English ecclesiastical courts
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English ecclesiastical courts were church-run judicial bodies in England that handled matters such as marriage, morality, wills, and clerical discipline under canon law.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| English ecclesiastical courts canonical | 2 |
| ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5768747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: English ecclesiastical courts Context triple: [Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533, relatedTo, English ecclesiastical courts]
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Court of King’s Bench
The Court of King’s Bench was a senior common law court in England that handled major criminal and civil cases and exercised supervisory authority over other courts and colonial charters.
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courts of the United Kingdom
The courts of the United Kingdom are the judiciary bodies that apply and interpret the law across England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, including both lower courts and higher appellate courts such as the Supreme Court.
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Court of Chivalry
The Court of Chivalry was a historic English civil law court concerned with matters of heraldry, nobility, and military honor, traditionally presided over by the Earl Marshal.
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Court of Exchequer
The Court of Exchequer was a historic English royal court primarily responsible for managing the Crown’s revenue and later exercising broader judicial functions in common law.
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English law
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, characterized by judge-made precedent, an adversarial court process, and significant historical influence on many other legal systems worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: English ecclesiastical courts Target entity description: English ecclesiastical courts were church-run judicial bodies in England that handled matters such as marriage, morality, wills, and clerical discipline under canon law.
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A.
Court of King’s Bench
The Court of King’s Bench was a senior common law court in England that handled major criminal and civil cases and exercised supervisory authority over other courts and colonial charters.
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B.
courts of the United Kingdom
The courts of the United Kingdom are the judiciary bodies that apply and interpret the law across England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, including both lower courts and higher appellate courts such as the Supreme Court.
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C.
Court of Chivalry
The Court of Chivalry was a historic English civil law court concerned with matters of heraldry, nobility, and military honor, traditionally presided over by the Earl Marshal.
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D.
Court of Exchequer
The Court of Exchequer was a historic English royal court primarily responsible for managing the Crown’s revenue and later exercising broader judicial functions in common law.
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E.
English law
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, characterized by judge-made precedent, an adversarial court process, and significant historical influence on many other legal systems worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
church court
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ecclesiastical court system ⓘ |
| appliedLaw |
canon law
ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| higherCourt |
Court of Arches
NERFINISHED
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Court of Delegates NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Delegates NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Stuart period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ Victorian era ⓘ early modern England ⓘ medieval England ⓘ |
| includedCourtType |
Court of Arches
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
archdeaconry court ⓘ consistory court ⓘ peculiar court ⓘ prerogative court ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
adultery
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blasphemy ⓘ church discipline ⓘ church property ⓘ clerical discipline ⓘ defamation ⓘ faculty jurisdiction ⓘ fornication ⓘ heresy ⓘ legitimacy ⓘ marriage ⓘ matrimonial causes ⓘ morality ⓘ pews and seats in church ⓘ probate ⓘ testamentary matters ⓘ tithes ⓘ wills ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord |
English
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Latin ⓘ |
| lostJurisdictionTo | civil courts ⓘ |
| lostMatrimonialJurisdictionTo | Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lostProbateJurisdictionTo | Court of Probate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| procedureType | inquisitorial procedure ⓘ |
| punishmentType |
excommunication
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interdict ⓘ penance ⓘ suspension from office ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
English legal history
ⓘ
canon law of the Church of England ⓘ |
| significantReform |
Court of Probate Act 1857
NERFINISHED
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Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicature Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Reformation in England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedOfficial |
advocate
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chancellor ⓘ commissary ⓘ proctor ⓘ registrar ⓘ |
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Subject: English ecclesiastical courts Description of subject: English ecclesiastical courts were church-run judicial bodies in England that handled matters such as marriage, morality, wills, and clerical discipline under canon law.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.